Refrigerator tray



March 13, 1934. E. sTlPE REFRIGERATOR TRAY Filed May 9, 1935 Inventor By W Patented Mar. 13, 1934 1,951,071

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE REFRIGERATOR TRAY Lester E. Stine, Portland, Oreg. Application May 9, 1933, Serial No. 670,165

1 Claim. 62-1085) 1 J This invention relates to a container for the ofthe handles 8, frozen material can be readily trays of refrigerators and the like, the general removed from the tray and placed in a plate or object of the invention being to provide a liner dish. Then the container is removed from the like container adapted to be placed in the tray material, leaving the material in perfect form of a refrigerator and adapted to receive material for cutting, into such sizes as may be desirable. 60 to be frozen so that said material can be easily The frozen substance is thus removed from the removed from the tray after it has become frozen. tray much quicker and in a more sanitary way This invention also consists in certain other than is possible by the use of the tray alone. features of construction and in the combination The device leaves the metal tray clean and ready and arrangement of the several parts, to be herefor the reception of the next container as the 65 inafter fully described, illustrated in the accommaterial is held out of contact with the metal Denying drawing and specifically pointed out in tray. The container can be manufactured very the appended claim. cheaply, so that it can be thrown away after In describing the invention in detail, reference being used once.

' will be had to the accompanying drawing where- As the container is in full contact with the 7 in like characters denote like corresponding tray, the material will quickly freeze, as there Dig 6h t r h the Several v w and n are no air spaces between the container and the w c tray. Figure 11s a bottom plan view of a tray, sho It is thought from the foregoing description mg the invenllon m that the advantages and novel features of the Figure 2 1s a longitudinal sectlonal view invention will be readily apparent through Figure 1.

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tray of ordinary construction and usedwith reappended g frigerators and the numeral 2 indicates the con- What I claim is:- figfi g m the sublect' matter of the In combination a metallic ice tray for electric i refrigerators and a liner-container for said tray 33 3 5 2; gf g fig comprising a single, substantially rectangular is bent on the four 2 t e blank of wax treated paper having integral tabs tomand two sides and two ends 3a 0 at opposite end edges thereof; said blank being is bent into Substantially trian a comer foldable on longitudinal and transverse fold lines as the lines 5 6 and 7 t l ar s l on to provide a bottom, side and end walls, said w O p ace an end of a slde of blank being also foldable at the comers thereof the conta ner, adJacent an end part of an end of on right angularly related fold lin forming the container, with the corner portions folded incontinuations f the first named fold lines exgggg i g, f f i the f as tending inwardly from the corners of the blank 0 he m in position I i ggng Suitably to the angles between the second named fold lines and this Wax ay bepused t o wax paper to provide at the corners substantially triangular pa ts 8 to adhe to de f e comer folds extending inwardly of the liner-container The blank als f d p and foldable against the inner sides of the side 1 0 W1 h the tabs at walls of the liner-container and adhering to said its ends whlch are preferably folded on the lines side walls due to the inherent adhesiveness of 4,5 g gg g f gi g gg f if and the wax to thereby retain the folded blank in pieces of the Contam g Y t 6 end shape; said tabs being also foldable relative .to flanges 10 of the an res on end the blank, and also foldable upon themselves on h t b F ti] transverse fold lines to provide two-ply hand e 1 W1 9 seen at the contamfer forms for the liner-container integral with the end 50 hmng for the tray so that the mammal to be walls of the container, said linen-contained befrozen can be placed in the lining or container ing' shaped and sioned to fit within said 2, after which the tray is placed in the refrigerrefrigerator ice tray ith said handles overlying ator. Then when the contents have become andresting upon the rim of said trayfrozen, the tray can be removed and then by lifting the container from the. tray, by means LESTER E. STIPE. 

